Coleges with good accounting program
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| University of Southern CA |
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CNU and ODU both have good accounting programs. With accounting careers, it is less where one went to school and more about getting the CPA designation.
The key thing is to take a CPA exam prep class immediately after graduation (most employers will pay for this) and sit the exam until one passes the exam. CPA exam is national and it is oriented to academic accounting, so real world experience will not usually help one pass the exam. |
Anonymous
Partially correct. Need a few years of work experience in order to be able to get CPA license--although one can take all parts of the CPA exam prior to satisfying the work experience requirement. For future employment opportunities, where one gets that work experience usually matters. This is why a good GPA in accounting courses matters as Big 4 and other major accounting firms often impose GPA cut-offs for selecting those to interview. |
Anonymous
+1 Pick some of the schools on that list which your kid identifies with. Can't go wrong. |
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| Wisconsin Ohio Indiana UF UGA UMD Penn State Minnesota |
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| Definitely not mid-sized, but Indiana is excellent for both accounting and foreign language. Their business career placement office is also very good. The Kelley website provides lots of information on who recruits there and where graduates land. |
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| NEU's co-op program is the best in the country. Not sure about mid-size, there are almost 18,000 undergrads. But far smaller than some of the Big 10 schools. |
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| Curious how your dd picked accounting. It seems like a good career path to me but whenever I ask business or finance or accounting people about it, they always say it is boring as hell |
Anonymous
The reason you hear all sorts of schools have “good accounting programs” is because they all teach the same stuff. If it’s AACSB accredited & kid interviews well, they will probably get a job. If they went to a no-name school they could end up working right next to big-name school grads…passing the CPA seems to level the advantages of going to top programs. |
Anonymous
That's business. NOt accounting. Big difference |
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| My nephews are in 5th and 7th grades. Their parents died when they were young. They have free rides, so you better believe we chat about college. |
Anonymous
+1. If your kid wants to be an accountant or CPA there is no need for a big-time business program |
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Big4 partner here…
I like our VT grads best - humble and smart. |
Anonymous
| I worked B4 and at the SEC- It does not matter where you went to school as long as it is accredited and you get your CPA. With that said some of the best accountants I have supervised and worked with went to the following schools- JMU, UMD, V Tech, Villanova. |
Anonymous
It is a horrible ROI to spend 90K a year to become an accountant. B4 recruit from all schools and accounting majors have a near 100% employment offers before graduation. |